1. 昭
  2. 然
  3. 若
  4. 揭

昭

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  1. 昭 is the 2185th most frequent character.
  2. 昭 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 昭 appears as a character in 18 words.
  4. 昭 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
昭 => 日, 召
Radical :
昭 => 日 (sun/day), 刀 (knife), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
昭 => 口, 一, ㇆, 丿, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhao1 - bright/clear/manifest/to show clearly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 昭 (zhao1): The component 召 is pronounced as 'zhao4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 昭 (zhao1): The component 刀 is pronounced as 'dao1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

昭 

Medium Frequency

大昭寺 
昭和 
昭然若揭 
昭示 
昭通 
昭雪 
王昭君 

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昭 also appears in:
照

然

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  1. 然 is the 55th most frequent character.
  2. 然 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 然 appears as a character in 153 words.
  4. 然 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
然 => 肰, 灬
Radical :
然 => 月 (moon), 犬 (dog), 灬 (fire)
Graphical :
然 => 冂, 二, 人, 一, 丶, 灬

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ran2 - correct/right/so/thus/like this/-ly

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 然 (ran2): The component 肰 is pronounced as 'ran2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

依然 
居然 
果然 
然后 (然後)
突然 
竟然 
自然 
虽然 (雖然)

Medium Frequency

不然 
仍然 
偶然 
坦然 
大自然 
天然 
已然 
必然 
忽然 
悄然 
既然 
淡然 
然 
然而 
理所当然 (理所當然)
当然 (當然)
突然间 (突然間)
茫然 
释然 (釋然)
顺其自然 (順其自然)
显然 (顯然)

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然 also appears in:
燃蹨

若

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  1. 若 is the 650th most frequent character.
  2. 若 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 若 appears as a character in 41 words.
  4. 若 appears as a component in 8 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
若 => 艹, 右
Radical :
若 => 艹 (grass), 𠂇 (left hand), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
若 => 艹, 𠂇, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ruo4 - to seem/like/as/if

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

若 

Medium Frequency

倘若 
受宠若惊 (受寵若驚)
欣喜若狂 
若干 
若是 
若无其事 (若無其事)
若隐若现 (若隱若現)

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若 also appears in:
诺惹匿偌喏锘箬鍩

揭

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  1. 揭 is the 1664th most frequent character.
  2. 揭 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 揭 appears as a character in 20 words.
  4. 揭 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
揭 => 扌, 曷
Radical :
揭 => 扌 (hand), 曰 (say), 勹 (wrap), 人 (human), ㇗ (N/A)
Graphical :
揭 => 亅, 二, 口, 一, ㇆, ㇒, 人, ㇗

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jie1 - to take the lid off/to expose/to unmask

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

揭秘 

Medium Frequency

按揭 
揭 
揭幕 
揭晓 (揭曉)
揭示 
揭穿 
揭开 (揭開)
揭阳 (揭陽)
揭露 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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